Doesn't anybody have a closer look on the bodies? E.g., can we (the reader, royal plural) trust that is really is HarryT lying under the bookcase, and not some stuffed clothes? These technicalities are to a great extent missing from the story (probably because of the family-safe environments (note the distinction between family safe and moderator-safe) on mobileread.

So, my dear Agatha, could you provide us (again, the reader, royal plural) with a statement as to how reliably the bodies have been identified? Pooh cannot be identified of course, with corpus delicti eaten, but all the bodies that have enough remains as to be identified, has somebody identified the bodies with absolutely certainty?

Actually corpus delicti isn't the actual corpse of a murder victim. It's the body of evidence that a crime has been committed.
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Corpus delicti (plural: corpora delicti) (Latin: "body of crime") is a term from Western jurisprudence referring to the principle that a crime must have been proven to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime.

I for one don't believe that we can be sure it was Poohbear_nc who was found cooking in the microwave myself. If so the murderer was very quick to pluck his feathers among other things considering how soon after he was last seen the apparent corpse was found perfectly cooked. Of course others like Harry T and Dr Drib were no doubt hard to identify due to their manner of death too, but Poohbear seemed to be ready for dinner a little too quick.

So, my dear Agatha, could you provide us (again, the reader, royal plural) with a statement as to how reliably the bodies have been identified? Pooh cannot be identified of course, with corpus delicti eaten, but all the bodies that have enough remains as to be identified, has somebody identified the bodies with absolutely certainty?